We've been holding training camp with fellow Duck fans for several years now. The last several have all been here at Ochoco Forest Camp, near Prineville, Oregon. It's a nice private area, and we have a great time cooking for each other, hiking along Ochoco creak, throwing a few horseshoes and of course, talking football. Walton lake, a few miles up the road, was closed this year so there was less traffic than usual, and practically no one in the main campground just outside our group site.
The forestry office here has never been open in all the years we've come here, one of many cutbacks I suppose.
New this year is the "cabin for rent", which is one of the original ranger residences, built in 1939 by the CCC. It's nicely furnished (we peeked in the windows) and has a patio complete with BBQ.
Nearby is a lookout shack that was brought down from Black Mountain.
It's not available for rent, but is set up the way it would be when in use by a fire watcher, and the door is unlocked, so there are notes left in a guest book from visitors across the country.
Our evenings were spent visiting around the campfire and watching the doe that came in to graze just at the edge of camp. Good times!
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